Yes, I am still alive!

Wow, it's been about a year since I last posted on here. I don't know how much I'll be posting from now on, but I just wanted to update you all on some things!!

• The Toy Archive is gone. Please don't send me messages asking about it; nobody offered to take over for me, and I needed to take if off of my server for space reasons; you can still find the free patterns at some of the other archive pages, and you can search places like Etsy to find the ones that are for sale.
• In June of last year we moved and got a dachshund puppy!!
  
• I got laid off in October, and have yet to find a job - full or part time. For a few months I tried getting my jewelry business going, but discovered that I hated a lot about it, including the whole business side of it, and also the whole feeling-like-a-factory-worker thing when you have to make multiples of the same thing over-and-over again; I still make and sell some things, but I'm not aiming towards it as a goal to live off of it anymore.
• Because of the previous item, I did a lot of soul-searching and decided to go back to school for Graphic Design!! I started the beginning of January, and am enjoying it immensely!! You can see some of what I've been doing at this link.

I'm not doing a whole lot of knitting or crocheting lately, but I am getting close to being finished with the Sampler Afghan finally!!!

Scarf Finished & Other Projects!!

I finished my cabled scarf last week, and I love it! I've been wearing it every day :-)



I was taking quick pictures, so please excuse the sucky focus, but here's a close-up of the cabling:



I've started working on a cabled blanket that is on the cover of the book Cables Untangled:



Who knows how long it will take me to finish it, but I think it's gorgeous :-) I'm doing it in a kind of dusky green color:



I'm also working on the Exchange Bag from the book Happy Hooker:



I pretty much just have to do the handles now! :-)

What do you guys think of my new blog layout? I'm gonna try to put some of the extra info stuff that was on here before up somewhere, but I have to have time to fiddle with it first, lol...

Weaving & Knitting!!

So for my second weaving class, on Twill, I made a scarf for my mom for Christmas:



Close-Up:


Close-Up #2 (this one isn't very true to the color; the last two are):


I designed the pattern myself on some software that my teacher had :-)

I also decided to re-teach myself knitting over break, because I love cables. I've been working on a cabled scarf. Here it is so far (picture quality isn't great, sorry):



I got the books Happy Hooker & Stitch 'N Bitch, and got the book Cables Untangled, which is where the scarf pattern is from. It has some awesome cabled patterns in it, as well as a dictionary of cable patterns!!!

Hope you are all having a great holiday season!!